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Mafalda, one of Spanish-speaking world's most famous cartoons, turns 50
A tiny heroine from a street corner in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of San Telmo, the inimitable comic strip character, Mafalda turns 50 this month and she is being celebrated in her native Argentina.
Since her first print in 1964...
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The Duke of Edinburgh turns 90 today
FILE - London, 19 November 1997
1. Wide shot of hall
2. Prince Philip stands
3. Cutaway of Queen
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prince Philip (on the coronation)
"But it had much less effect on our married life than I anticipated....
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UK: WINDSOR: DUKE OF EDINBURGH CELEBRATES HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY
Natural Sound
The husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth - the Duke of Edinburgh - celebrated his 75th birthday on Monday with a look back at his life.
The Duke toured an exhibition with the Queen which chronicles his 75 years.
A band...
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Musicians, mostly Mariachis, honour their patron saint St. Cecilia with a pilgrimage
Hundreds of Mariachi musicians honoured Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, with performances during a religious procession on Saturday through the streets of Mexico City.
The musicians performed in Garibaldi Square and were joined...
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UK: PRINCE CHARLES BACKGROUNDER
English/Nat
Britain's Prince Charles prepares to celebrate his fiftieth birthday on Saturday in private at his Highgrove home with a party for 350 guests thrown by his partner, Camilla Parker Bowles.
As this significant landmark...
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Musicians, mostly Mariachis, honour their patron saint St. Cecilia with a pilgrimage
Hundreds of Mariachi musicians honoured Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, with performances during a religious procession on Saturday through the streets of Mexico City.
The musicians performed in Garibaldi Square and were joined...
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THAILAND: 200 MEN UNDERGO VASECTOMIES TO MARK KING'S BIRTHDAY
5th December, 1996 - Bangkok, Thailand
1. File: military parade
2. File: crowd
3. File: King in car
4. File: crowd
5. Patient on table
6. Doctor, tilt down to patient
7. W/S operating room
8. Two patients
9. Doctor, pan to patient
10. CU...
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Iconic Hotel Nacional celebrates 80th birthday
1. Wide of bus driving towards front entrance of Hotel Nacional
2. Various exteriors
3. Tilt down from porch ceiling detail to stairs and tourists
4. Various lobby interiors
5. Tilt down from tourists to large floor tile reading "Hotel...
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Imprisoned former prime minister celebrates 52nd birthday in hospital
1. Wide of Yulia Tymoshenko's prison cell windows, with someone waving piece of white paper
2. Wide of supporters cheering and shouting outside hospital prison, UPSOUND: "Yulia, take care! We're with you"
3. Mid of supporters pointing...
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USA: NEW YORK: FANS CELEBRATE ELVIS PRESLEY'S 52ND BIRTHDAY
English/Nat
Elvis Presley fans from around the world marked the "King's" 62nd birthday on Wednesday.
Many of his fans showed up at the Harley Davidson Cafe in Manhattan to celebrate, and to present the King with an honorary retirement...
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+4:3 Protesters gather outside former Nazi guard's home on his 100th birthday
Rome - 29 July 2013
1. Wide tilt down from building housing former Nazi SS captain Erich Priebke to protesters
2. Placard showing Priebke wearing Nazi uniform, reading (Italian) "He can celebrate his birthday, his victims can't."
3. Wide...
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Second birthday of baby who had operation to separate her legs
April 27, 2006
1. Wide shot of baby Milagros Cerron Arauco walking into hall with parents
2. Medium shot of Milagros with with her parents and Lima mayor Luis Castaneda
3. Milagros with her mother, Sara Arauco
4. Cameras
5. Milagros...
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Jazz tram rides through the Eternal City
AP Television
Rome - January 13, 2012
1. Medium shot pan right, from people in line at a Rome tram station, to the interior of the TramJazz railcar, with waiter hanging up a coat
2. Wide shot of TramJazz passengers taking a seat inside...
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SOUTH AFRICA: WORLD'S OLDEST ELEPHANT CELEBRATES 36TH BIRTHDAY
English/Nat
Jumbo the Elephant celebrated his thirty-sixth birthday party in South Africa on Saturday.
He's believed to be the oldest and biggest elephant in captivity in the world.
That was a good enough excuse for Jumbo to be...
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Activists picket Myanmar Embassy, on Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday
1. Protesters holding a birthday cake marking the 65th birthday of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
2. Close of candles on cake, zoom out
3. Close of Aung San Suu Kyi picture
4. Cake being cut
5....
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Colourful 'coming of age' celebration for impoverished teen girls in Mexico City
1. Long shot of quinceaneras (teenage girls) arriving in the Zocalo square on two buses
2. Mid shot of buses zoom out to wide shot of people watching them pass
3. Pan across girls on top of bus
4. Medium shot of people watching
5. Tilt...
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90th birthday of architect who built Sydney Opera House
FILE: Recent
1. Various exteriors of Sydney Opera House
April 9, 2008
2. Pull out from conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra to wide of stage with Sydney Opera House staff singing "Happy Birthday"
3. Pan of staff applauding
4....
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Exhibition of photographs honours Fidel Castro on eve of 88th birthday
As Cuba's iconic leader Fidel Castro celebrates his 88th birthday on Wednesday, photos to commemorate his long leadership of the communist nation have gone on display in the capital Havana.
Hundreds of people attended the exhibit...
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Monaco - Monaco elite holds a birthday party
Grimaldis / Monaco / January 8 / ENT 4
Monaco elite holds a birthday party
Monaco's ruling Grimaldi dynasty on Wednesday (8/1) celebrated the
700th birthday of its reign, hoping to restore the image of the
scandal-hit Riveria tax...
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Iraq - Saddam Hussein's birthday celebrations
Iraq marked the 60th birthday of President Saddam Hussein on Monday (28/4) with lavish celebrations and tributes to the leader who has defied crushing UN sanctions to keep an iron grip on power.
Bedouin tribesmen performed sword-dances...
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Preparing to celebrate the birth of the prophet
AP Television
Cairo, Egypt - 19 January, 2012
1. Various of sugar dolls
2. Various of sugar horses and knights
3. Various of decorating sugary dolls
4. Various of sugar dolls on display
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Farag Alaraby, Factory...
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Woman claims to be 127 years old making her world's oldest living person
A Mexican woman has celebrated what is believed to be her 127th birthday, making her the world's oldest living person.
Leandra Becerra marked the milestone on Sunday at the house where she lives with her grandson's family in Zapopan,...
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Schoolchildren help to celebrate former leader's birthday
1. Child cutting cake for Fidel Castro's Birthday
2. Children shouting: (Spanish) "Long Live Fidel!"
3. Dancers performing with children watching
4. Various of dancers performing
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Morales, Student:
"I wish...
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A Mexican woman has celebrated what is believed to be her 127th birthday, making her the world's oldest living person.
A Mexican woman has celebrated what is believed to be her 127th birthday, making her the world's oldest living person.
Leandra Becerra marked the milestone on Sunday at the house where she lives with her grandson's family in Zapopan,...